Horse stud wins disputed stallion payments

Choisir, one of the leading sires at Coolmore stud, which has won a Supreme Court battle to recoup outstanding stallion fees.

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An Upper Hunter thoroughbred stud has won a Supreme Court case, forcing a customer to settle a multi-million dollar debt.

The Coolmore Stud is one of the Hunter Valley's biggest thoroughbred breeding enterprises.

It stands stallions that command tens of thousands of dollars in service fees, with customers sending broodmares from across Australia and overseas.

But relations soured with one customer, National Breeding Services after it entered into an agreement for stallion services in 2009.

The Supreme Court heard that as of August 2011, company co-director Robert Clemenger had failed to pay any money towards debt of almost $3.2 million, prompting legal action against a second defendant, Troy Hill.

Mr Hill failed to appear in court when the matter was heard last week.

The court has ruled in Coolmore's favour giving a judgment for the amount it says its owed